Aristotle - How his writings informed both religion and scie

One of the biggest problems facing feminists through history has been the entrenchment of both religion

and science in ideologies based on Aristotle. Aristotle viewed women as imperfect men. His views became the basis of western science and they were codified in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Not only did Aristotle posit that women were “misbegotten men,” but he also stated that they had lighter and inferior brains (Tuana, 1993). This bias continues through almost all of classical, medieval, and modern religion, philosophy, and science.

This exclusion of women further reinforces the view that women have only passive and reproductive roles, and that all progress in technology and biology are due to the influence of men. These views continue in modern anthropology with most of the milestones of human history being attributed to men. In the past few years there has been quite a bit of attention paid to ‘Lucy’ but often she is referred to not as a hunter, or as an active part

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Church Aristotle, Prior Darwin, Aristotle Aristotle, gender roles, role women, male dominance,